Marshall Leonard (born December 29, 1980 in El Paso, Texas) is an American soccer defender and midfielder, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
Leonard is African American. He attended high school in Columbus, Georgia, earning varsity letters at both Shaw High School and Brookstone School. He went on to play college soccer at the University of Virginia from 1998 to 2001. Leonard played and started in a total of 89 games at UVA while scoring one goal and 8 assists.
Leonard was selected 45th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft, and signed to a developmental contract. After spending his first year entirely on the bench, Leonard came on strong at the end of 2003, appearing in ten games, including five starts. He developed into a consistent starter in 2004, and when Joe Franchino went down with an injury, Leonard took his spot at left back; he finished the year with one assist in 22 starts. In 2005, while playing most of the year at the left wing spot, he scored a goal and an assist. He was waived by New England in 2007.
Following his retirement from soccer, Leonard graduated from the Stony Brook School of Medicine in 2016. He later completed his residency in emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in 2019.
Honors
New England Revolution
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2007
References
1980 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer players
African-American men's soccer players
New England Revolution players
Soccer players from El Paso, Texas
Sportspeople from Columbus, Georgia
Major League Soccer players
United States men's youth international soccer players
New England Revolution draft picks
Men's association football defenders
Physicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) African-American physicians 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people